DISTRICT GRANT TO HELP STUDENTS STAY GANG-FREE; PROGRAM TO INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS, JOB TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Southern Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. has been awarded a $65,000 grant to develop a community program aimed at steering youngsters away from gangs. The program will offer supervised field trips, job training, parent workshops and a cultural festival in the spring that will involve students and parents. ``We hope to culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in what we are calling a multicultural mul·ti·cul·tur·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or including several cultures. 2. Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture. arts festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. ,'' said Judy Chase, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. for educational services. ``It will be a presentation of visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → that the students have prepared, kind of a little street fair.'' Southern Kern was one of two districts in Kern County to be awarded a ``Get a GRIP'' grant from the Kern County Office of Education in July to participate in the Gang Risk Intervention Program. The district could qualify for an additional $15,000 grant for the 1998-99 school year that will enable the district to continue some of the activities. Chase said the district does not have a severe problem with gangs. ``Rosamond has an opportunity to intercede where it is a minor problem before it gets to a crisis problem,'' Chase said. ``We have an opportunity to solve the problem before it becomes a real problem.'' The program will have a full-time coordinator who will oversee the identification of students at risk of joining gangs and who will supervise activities the students are involved in. Students will be placed in the program based on certain factors, such as attendance and grades. ``We will establish criteria, objective data used to identify students who will benefit from the program,'' Chase said. Activities will include supervised outings to cultural and athletic events, ``so they can see the world from a different perspective,'' Chase said. The students also will receive job training to learn how to prepare for a job and obtain interview skills. Field trips to local colleges and Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. will highlight career opportunities and broaden students' horizons. Parent training workshops, open to all parents, will offer helpful hints on how to be a better parent, how to understand children, how to talk to adolescents and how to set down rules. District staff also will receive training about gangs, how to spot ``gang tendencies and negative behaviors.'' |
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